HIGHLIGHTS • How Personality & Connection Built a Following w/ Bailey Lavender
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
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With a focus on relatability and humor, @thebaileylavender discusses how she built her clientele through education and personal connection, the impact of social media on her career, and the importance of mental health in the beauty industry. She also offers insights into navigating client relationships, monetizing content, and the challenges of being a public figure in the hairstyling world.
This Week's Topics:
- The Impact of Humor in Content Creation
- Transitioning to a New Location
- Creating Engaging Content
- The Role of Family in Career
- Balancing Work and Personal Life
- Editing Techniques and Tools
- Content Creation Strategies
- Navigating Controversial Topics
- Monetization in Social Media
- Client Acquisition and Relationships
- Managing Online Comments and Criticism
- Mental Health in the Beauty Industry
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| 0:00.0 | These are the highlights of the full episode. |
| 0:08.7 | Hey everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:12.9 | Salon Public has a new location in Philadelphia opening soon, so go to |
| 0:16.6 | salon and public.com or our link in bio. |
| 0:19.3 | If you're in the Philly area and book a virtual tour. |
| 0:23.9 | We can show you the space virtually right now and it's currently being built and we will find |
| 0:29.6 | the best place for your new hair home. All right, on to our episode with Bailey Lavender. |
| 0:35.2 | I haven't dug into your comments or whatever, but I imagine that a lot of that a high |
| 0:41.6 | percentage of your followers are not beauty professionals. They're just people who know what it's like to go to the salon. |
| 0:49.7 | You know, they're a client of somebody and they find it all hilarious. Yes. I, and I get to meet so |
| 0:58.0 | many different people and so many different walks of life. So, like, when I go to these hair |
| 1:01.9 | shows, I get to meet all of these hairstylists that we get to relate on that kind of topic, |
| 1:07.2 | on being behind the chair and stuff, and some of them are also parents that they relate on |
| 1:11.5 | that kind of content that I post as well. But I also in day-to-day life, get to meet people |
| 1:17.1 | out in the world that aren't a hairstylist, and they still relate with my content, either behind |
| 1:22.9 | the chair or not, because sometimes the things that I'm hitting on is not just hair related. It's how people |
| 1:28.8 | interact and people are in social settings and they're like, yes, I had someone who was rude like |
| 1:33.8 | that at my job and I'm not a hairstylist. Right. Yes. So relatable, I know that you put, |
| 1:40.3 | relatable is like the word of the day here. And you actually hashtag it in a lot of your |
| 1:44.9 | posts. So you have been a great recipient of, you know, sharing and stuff. And I love how you |
| 1:53.4 | explain how as an independent hairstylist without any sort of brand over you or, you know, any brand that you're relying upon, |
| 2:05.5 | we're able to build it on your own. And that's like the greatest asset of all. It's that trust |
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